Small businesses and AI: Accelerating innovation and inclusion

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Unlocking the power of small businesses to drive climate-smart inclusive growth

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During the Center’s multi-city tour, Mastercard engaged with leaders from more than 100 organizations in seven U.S. cities to identify opportunities to advance inclusive growth.

Inequality and exclusion&nbsp;have&nbsp;become&nbsp;entrenched&nbsp;barriers to opportunity and success&nbsp;in the United States, particularly in cities and metropolitan areas. We saw and heard this in vivid detail during the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth’s recent multi-city tour, “On the Front Lines of Inclusive Growth.” During the tour, we met with more than 100 civic leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers and independent citizens across seven cities—Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, New York, Oakland, St. Louis&nbsp;and Washington, D.C. Our goal: to better understand what is limiting inclusive growth in the U.S. and identify opportunities to leverage Mastercard assets to make a difference.This week, we published the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mastercardcenter.org/insights/identifying-opportunities-advance-economic-mobility-us-cities" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">findings from the tour</a>&nbsp;—identifying the key areas where we plan to act—and announced&nbsp;<a href="https://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-expands-inclusive-growth-efforts-in-the-u-s-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">initial philanthropic commitments</a>&nbsp;we’re making.

Finding new solutions for inclusive growth in the US